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• Albert van der Woude, Barradeel
• Adrianus de Wit, Willemstad
• Afiena Henderika Kiel, Groningen († 1952)
• Albert van der Woude, Barradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1946)
• Aartje Docter, Oldebroek († 1953)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Rijswijk, Baardwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriana Dijkshoorn, Kethel en Spaland († 1873)
• Albert John Barden, England († 1955)
• Aartje Docter, Oldebroek († 1953)
• Adrianus Josephus Goosen, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1946)

• Alida Joosten (71), Haarlem,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Antoon Joseph Mucher (0), Kerkrade (L
• Alberdina Brands (25), Hoven (Zutphen)
• Anna (Nancy) Gottshall BERGEY (80)
• Agatha Clasina de Koning (0), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta van Leij(d)en (0), Rhenen
• Anna Gertrudis Maesen (44), Zonhoven, België
• Alida (Aaltje) Molenaar (55), Den Helder
• Albert Evert-Jans van Lente (56), Zwolle
• Adrianus Cornelis Bader (17), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1866 » Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician, 3rd and last Governor-General of the Irish Free State († 1963)
• 1870 » Charles Edmund Brock, British painter and book illustrator († 1938)
• 1876 » Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player († 1931)
• 1878 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën († 1935)
• 1880 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer († 1973)
• 1889 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1962)
• 1889 » Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer († 1962)
• 1889 » Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician († 1950)
• 1891 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower († 1976)
• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)

• 1818 » Charles XIII, king of Sweden (b. 1748)
• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Albert
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Neeltje
12. Aaltje
13. Trijntje
14. Jacoba
15. Elizabeth
16. Antje

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• March 22 » The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• April 4 » The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
• May 9 » Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
• May 20 » Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.
• August 30 » Austrian explorers Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discover the archipelago of Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea.
• September 18 » The bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, contributing to the Panic of 1873.

The temperature on February 5, 1873 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.